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| Thread ID: 55022 | 2005-02-28 22:02:00 | Updating RAM | robinVANpersie (7464) | Press F1 |
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| 329146 | 2005-02-28 22:02:00 | Ok I wuna upgrade my RAM on my PC, heres the one I'm interested in: Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 Manufacturer: Mushkin Speed: DDR400(PC3200) Type: 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Error Checking: Non-ECC Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered Cas Latency: 2.5-3-3 Support Voltage: 2.5V-2.6V Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s Organization: two 64M x 64 -Bit Warranty: Lifetime My friend knows quite abit about PC's and stuff he said this will run on my machine ok, but got my cousin saying it wont run on my machine because it's PC3200 and my PC is 2.4GH. Heres my PC status: eMachines 770 Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 256Mb DDR RAM 80Gb Hard Drive Can anyone tell me if that Mushkin RAM will be alright on my machine? Any help on this and I'll be very thankful. |
robinVANpersie (7464) | ||
| 329147 | 2005-02-28 22:07:00 | First you need to find out what ram speeds your motherboard can handle and what you current ram speed is. | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 329148 | 2005-02-28 22:13:00 | Is this (www.e4allinc.info) your motherboard? If so looks like it wont be compatible with your choice of ram |
Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 329149 | 2005-02-28 22:14:00 | PC3200 if your cousin thinks this relates to the CPU speed you need (3.2 ghz), it isnt. This is DDR 400 ram. And has nothing to do with what speed CPU is needed, just to use PC3200 ram. You would also have to find out how much ram that motherboard / system can take.... Your system MAYbe able to use PC3200, but whether it can take beyond 1 GB of ram, is another matter. Are you using Windows 2000 or XP?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 329150 | 2005-02-28 23:45:00 | Ok first of Thank you all for replying to this thread, not got long on here but just had quick read through and I'm running windows XP. | robinVANpersie (7464) | ||
| 329151 | 2005-03-01 06:38:00 | No offence but a bit of a waste dropping a gig of ram into that system. Unless your'e a hard core gamer (which you won't be with that system) or into graphic/multimedia creation in a big way, a more sensible and cheaper solution would be another 256 meg stick. | the highlander (245) | ||
| 329152 | 2005-03-01 06:52:00 | You would be surprised at how much better system can perform with a GB of ram compared to 256/512. Even if not doing anything that would seem too intensive, large differences can be notified. | Jeremy (1197) | ||
| 329153 | 2005-03-01 08:12:00 | Is this (www.e4allinc.info) your motherboard? If so looks like it wont be compatible with your choice of ram Yea I'm pretty sure that is my motherboard. What would you recomend to do/get/look into for my system? And thank you all for replying, all this information is nice to know :thumbs: |
robinVANpersie (7464) | ||
| 329154 | 2005-03-01 11:23:00 | You would be surprised at how much better system can perform with a GB of ram compared to 256/512. Even if not doing anything that would seem too intensive, large differences can be notified. The biggest noticeable increase will come from going from 256 to 512, from there on it becomes much less noticeable unless your into heavy 3d rendering, photoshop, multitasking, video encoding etc His board has onboard vga, no agp upgrade path, its old and limited. A gig would be a waste. |
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